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<b>Caroline Ragot - </b>Marketing<br>
<a href="mailto:marketing@codefactory.es">marketing@codefactory.es</a><br>
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<b>TV Speak US<br>
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<h2><b>Code Factory releases TV Speak in the USA</b></h2><br><br>
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<h3><b>New Windows-based software to make digital television
accessible!</b></h3><br><br>
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<h3><b>For Immediate Release</b></h3><br><br>
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<h4><b>Terrassa (Barcelona), Spain, June 22nd, 2011</b></h4><br><br>
Code Factory is proud to announce the release in the USA of its new
software application, TV Speak. After almost a decade making mobile
phones accessible to the blind and visually impaired, Code Factory has
decided to move from small to big screen and expand its expertise in
accessibility to television.<br><br>
TV Speak is an application to be installed on a computer equipped to
receive a digital television signal. Through speech output and
magnification, TV Speak allows people who are blind or have low vision to
use the most common functionality of digital terrestrial television in a
fully accessible way.<br><br>
“The way people watch television is changing. In the near future we will
all use television to access the web and consume multimedia content and
digital information. Blind people cannot be left out of this new world of
possibilities. Therefore television has to be accessible and TV Speak is
our first contribution in this field” explains Eduard Sánchez, Code
Factory’s CEO.<br><br>
With TV Speak people who are blind or have low vision can:
<ul>
<li>Access the Electronic Program Guide (EPG).
<li>While watching TV, consult information about the current or next
program.
<li>Select audio channels to choose one providing an audio description.
<li>Schedule and record programs (image + audio, or audio only) based on
the EPG information.
<li>Tune and order television and radio channels.
<li>Configure both television and TV Speak parameters.
<li>Enable parental control settings.
<li>Execute basic TV operations such as change channel, adjust volume,
etc.
</ul><br>
To use TV Speak you need a computer running Windows (Windows 7, Vista or
XP), a TV tuner card, and a TV antenna cable adapted for digital
terrestrial television (either portable or that plugs into a TV socket).
The tuner will make the connection between your computer and the TV
antenna. One side of the tuner has a USB port to plug into your computer
and the other side has a plug to connect to the antenna. In other words,
the TV antenna cable is connected to the TV tuner, which in turn is
connected to the PC via a USB port. In this way you can watch TV through
your computer and you don’t actually need to use your television screen.
However if you wish you can direct the audio and video output of TV Speak
to your TV monitor and use a wireless keyboard to control the
TV.<br><br>
TV Speak is a product that Code Factory has been developing in
partnership with ONCE, the Spanish national association for the
blind.<br><br>
When you install TV Speak for the first time, it will automatically work
for 30 days for free. Once the demo expires, you will be asked for a
license number. To purchase TV Speak in the US, please contact HandyTech
North America by email at
<a href="mailto:info@handytech.us">info@handytech.us</a> or by phone at
651-636-5184. You can also visit the HandyTech North America webpage at
<a href="http://www.handytech.us/">http://www.handytech.us/</a>. For any
questions about TV Speak, feel free to send an email to
info@handytech.us. <br><br>
If this summer you are attending the NFB and ACB conventions, stop by the
HandyTech North America booth, ask Earle to show you TV Speak in action
and enter in the drawing to win free licenses.<br><br>
For more information about TV Speak visit
<a href="http://www.codefactory.es/en/products.asp?id=416">
http://www.codefactory.es/en/products.asp?id=416 </a><br><br>
<h4><b>About Code Factory</b></h4><br><br>
Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Barcelona, Spain, Code Factory is
the global leader committed to the development of products designed to
eliminate barriers to the accessibility of mobile technology for the
blind and visually impaired. Today, Code Factory is the leading provider
of screen readers, screen magnifiers, and Braille interfaces for the
widest range of mainstream mobile devices. Among Code Factory's customers
are well known organizations for the blind such as ONCE, and carriers
such as AT&T, Bouygues Telecom, SFR, TIM and Vodafone. Since 2010,
Code Factory also provides solutions to make television accessible to the
blind and visually impaired.<br><br>
<h4><b>About HandyTech North America</b></h4><br><br>
Founded in 2005, Handy Tech North America is a Minneapolis-based company
that is owned and operated by business professionals with visual
impairments. In addition to our own innovative and cost-effective
blindness and low vision solutions, we distribute cutting-edge products
for some of the best-known companies in the assistive technology
industry. Handy Tech North America also offers customized assistive
technology training and consulting services to organizations and
individuals throughout the United States and Canada.<br><br>
<b>For more information, feel free to contact Code Factory
S.L.:</b><br><br>
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Code Factory, S.L., Rambla d'Egara 148 2-2, 08221 Terrassa
(Barcelona)<br>
<a href="http://www.codefactory.cat/helpdesk/">HelpDesk</a>,
<a href="http://www.codefactory.es/" eudora="autourl">
www.codefactory.es</a><br>
Code Factory, S.L. - 2011 <br><br>
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<a href="mailto:marketing@codefactory.es">marketing@codefactory.es</a>
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